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March 11, 2009

Al-Qaida Suspects Face Trial in Yemen
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Yemenis, four Syrians, Saudi among those charged in connection with
series of attacks against foreign targets 
Yemenis Musaad al Nahdi (L) and Khalid Ba Tais, accused of planning
attacks on foreigners, seen inside court cage in San'a, 11 Mar
2009Sixteen suspected members of an al-Qaida terrorist cell have gone on
trial in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa. The accused were charged Wednesday
in a series of attacks against foreign targets, including a failed
attempt to strike the U.S. embassy in March of 2008 and the killing of
two Belgian tourists, also last year. Four Syrians and a Saudi are among
the accused. Yemen is an ally of the United States but an anti-foreign
underground network has developed in the country. More than a third of
the remaining suspects held in the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba are Yemeni nationals.

Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.


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